

Banana plant stem rot manual#
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Plant Disease Reporter 53, 854–857.Īthman SY, Dubois T, Coyne D, Gold CS, Labuschagne N, Viljoen A (2007) Effect of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum on root penetration and reproduction of Radopholus similis in tissue culture-derived banana ( Musa spp.) plants. (Marcel Dekker: New York)Īlconero R, Santiago AG (1969) Fusaria pathogenic to Vanilla. In ‘Plant-microbe interactions and biological control’. vanillae.Īlabouvette C, Schippers B, Lemanceau P, Baker PAHM (1998) Biological control of Fusarium wilts. The vanilla stem rot pathogen in Indonesia is verified to be F. semitectum were tested for pathogenicity to vanilla but only F. oxysporum was the most commonly isolated species from all areas surveyed, followed by F. Some ambiguous species were verified based on DNA sequences of the translation elongation factor gene.Atotal of 542 Fusarium isolates were recovered, comprising 12 species, namely F.

Pure cultures on carnation leaf-piece agar and potato dextrose agar were identified based on morphological criteria. Isolates were recovered from diseased stem tissues using a selective medium. Seven major vanilla-producing provinces were surveyed for disease incidence and 850 samples were collected. In this paper, we report Fusarium species associated with the disease. Previous reports of vanilla stem rots in the Asia-Pacific region include those caused by Fusarium, Colletotrichum and Phytophthora species. Stem rot disease is a major constraint to vanilla production in Indonesia and has caused significant economic losses over the last decade.

Indonesia is one of the world’s leading producers of vanilla, an important cash crop for smallholders.
